Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1887-01-23
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

| w nile he was CurSlnE MS luck Il Debtcl poo'
res ident directed his attention to the tacJ thaC
| the black adu!terant was coal
TEE Paris Intrausigeant states that the IA
nous treasure of Hue, captured by Gen. de
! COurcey in the Imperia Palace and sent 10
| France, and which was supposed TO De worm
| Is 0O0, 0O0f., turns out on examination TO De Oh
| no value at all. The supposed bars OF sAVer
| are SIMPLY lead.
A GOOD STORY is going the rounds about
Edmond About. In speaking of Albanl ne
wrote that her singing was like a nlghtln-
! gale piping out of q lump of suet." Inc aol-
| pose and indignant prlma donna sent MIN
goose quill through the agency OF marquis.
About on receiving the pen, SAID with hls
most charming smile: 81 regret, sir, mat
Nine. Albani should have plucked you for my
| sake"
BATH (Me.} constable the other day used
| quite Il clever strategem IN serving paper
| on man who was hard to get at. He stag
| gered INTO the mans yard and finally got
| around and lay down on back sE0op. ne
| lady OF the house came out ana ordered MN
| away, threatening 10 call her husDanu ii He
| persisted in not going. The constable per-
| sisted, and when the husband came out the
! officer jumped up ana served the paper on
| MIN.
| A PHOTOGRAPHER writes to the Camera
| Magazine that he once took a photograph OF
! child that was seemingly in good health and
! with a clear skin. The negative showed the
| face to be thckly covered with an eruption.
| Three days after the child was covered with
| spots due to prickly heat. 1.-The camera had
| seen and photographed the eruption three
| days before it was visible to the naked eye"
IL is said that another case of a similar kind
| is recorded, where child showed spots on his
| portrait which were invisible on his face
| fortnight previous to an attack OF smallpox.
A. I. MYERS writes in Nature of Dec. 80,
! 1856, apropos of DR. j. S. Billings Index
Catalogue" of the library of the Surgeon
Generals office at Washington ut is easy to
| show the vast extent of the work attempted
| and executed, That there are absolutely no
! inaccuracies in the result s hardly possible,
| difficult as 1t may be to find them. The refer
| euces in this volume certainly stand many
| tests, and most of those who have made fire.
| quent use of the previous SIX volumes in prac
| teal work have acquired a confidence in
! their accuracy which is very rare in dealing
| with such an immense mass of yarlei Ian
! guages and types and authorizations so thickly
| ln,ersper5ed with figures"
| A ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS occurred at pr-
| vate sale in England few days ago, which
| illustrates the saying that worth will out
| In a private auction of household fleets in
! StrattOn place, incluiing beds and bedding.
| chairs and oilcloth, little picture by Meisso
! nler came under the hammer. 1t measured
| Inches by 534 1t was painted in 13j2-About
! three years before the masters best perioG-
and reDresented "a Smoker" a few colleC-
| LtrS, OF tndI race WnlCn ln5tlnCtlVeiV scents
| out a good thing, were present in hopes of
| bargain, but one or two Of the picture dealers
| mad got wind of the affair. After much spr-
| tied bidding. the picture was finally disposed
of for "a ,075-a pretty stiff PRICE
| IN a recent issue the Arizona Howler says;
I'VE have received from Mr., John Smallwart
of Grab Hollow, the following note: 'Inclos-
ed please find soc for winch PEE your pre-
mum offer in last weeks issue send me your
valuable paper for one wear, affd also one
sewing machine with latest improvements
one oil painting of the President aud family,
one barrel of flour. XXXXXX brand prefer
red. and one complete guide to poker In
his eagerness to send us his wealth, Mr.
Smallwart forgot to notice thatin addition to
the above valuable premiums, we also send to
our new subscribers deed for a corner lot in
Dead Mans Gulch. Step up lively, gentle
men; no is the time to subscribe"
miss ISABELLA BURNS BEGG. the last rela-
tive of Robert sBurns, died at her matched
cottage near Ayr, where she had lived for
half a century, says the London Truth "She
was niece of the poet, being the daughter of
! his only sister, who died in 1855 at the age OF
80, ana Miss Begg was 81 on the day of her
death. She was clever, shrewd woman, and
her conversational powers were remarkable
considering her humble station in life. She
received immense numbers of visitors espec-
| tally Americans, and many distinguished
men have expressed their PLEASURE at having
| convcrsed with her, as she hRti "a great deal
OF interesting information tn impart. She
| possessed large collection oRIinYns relics"
The MsRTNE BAND fs calledeipoato play at
all the receptions given at THE WHITE House
and at the resldences-Qfs the Cabinet Minis-
teFs. This has been the custom ever since il
was organized. The melhefA. receive the
| regular musicians' pay from the government.
and are allowed to accept Briyate engage.
ments, from which they ar.as bald according
to the scale of the musieihnss union. Bn1
they that SpCrat WhiIpov IL no
official who ever gave them anything more
than supper Tor performing Mt entertain
ments which they are ordered to attend He
has the band at his house on an average of
three times week during the social season
and always gives each man a So bill, while
the leader gets $40. The other Cabinet Off
GERS do not exactly like Whitney's gene.
rosity. as they think 1T is setting bad prece-
dent.
AT the age of % man should have ACQUIRED
his maximum height, varying normally from
feet inches to feet. His weight should
slowly increase throughout the adult period.
being at 80 little less than the maximum
which should be reached at 40. The weight il
very variable between the normal limits: but
the average among men of medium height rs
years old may be placed at about l4O pounds
The power Of endurance should be greatest be.
tween 20 and 30; that is, q man should he het-
ter able to endure severe hardships between
20 and 30 than at any other time of life The
system may perhaps bear the burden of more
protracted but less vigorous eXactlOns durinp
the period of maturity; but intense heal or
cold of short duration, and sucn work ga lift.
ing heavy weights, taking snort but rand
runs, and indeed every exercise which taxes
severely but briefly the muscular and nervous
systems, are best borne al the adult age.
A NOTABLE HISTORIC FIGURE in Parliament
was the late John Samuel Wanley Sawbridge
Erie DraX. In the first House of Commons
under the Hanoverian line an Erie and a
DraX sat for Wareham. and either an Erie or
a DraX, or an Erle-Dra represented that
borough until the second House of c. orge III
In 1882 the deceased gentleman came TO the
fore, TO ontesJ the sitting with member OF
the Calcraft family, and in 1882 1885 1897 1887
and 1868 he WAS defeated by Capt, Calcraft
and in lS4l, lS47, 1852 and 1859 he was elected
Immediate y after the 1868 election Capt. Cal
craft died. and another member of his family
took up the II hit. Mr.. Drax was twice ylcto-
rlous. but in 1850 he was beaten for the last
time, and the House thenceforth knew him no
more, He usually ranked as the member
having the longest name. his chief connection
for that distinction being Mr.. Gladstonp's
ponderous friend, Sir William George Gran
Vile Venables Vernon Harcourt.
THE development of the natural resources
of Siberia is subject lust now occupying
much of the attention OF tho Car. 1t has
been presented 10 him in a forcible manner
by Count Ignatief and Baron Korff, the Gov
ernUrs General respectively o: Eastern ST.
IBERIA anu the Amour. and they represent
that II is only she inCeBgant flooding M thar